Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10
CVE-2018-17612
Sennheiser HeadSetup 7.3.4903 places Certification Authority (CA) certificates into the Trusted Root CA store of the local system, and publishes the private key in the SennComCCKey.pem file within the public software distribution, which allows remote attackers to spoof arbitrary web sites or software publishers for several years, even if the HeadSetup product is uninstalled. NOTE: a vulnerability-assessment approach must check all Windows systems for CA certificates with a CN of 127.0.0.1 or SennComRootCA, and determine whether those certificates are unwanted.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.067 (93.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.067 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 10 — versions 1607, 1703, 1709
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
- Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 — versions 1709, 1803
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- Sennheiser Headsetup — versions 7.3.4903
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180029 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.secorvo.de/publikationen/headsetup-vulnerability-report-secorvo-2018.pdf (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106045 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17612?
- CVE-2018-17612 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-11-09.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17612?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.